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Corel Corp. (NASDAQ:CREL) has announced today it has received an unsolicited proposal from Corel Holdings, L.P., which is controlled by an affiliate of Vector Capital Corporation, the holder of 69%...
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As we have been expecting, Covad Communications Group Inc., (AMEX:DVW) announced that it has obtained all of the required regulatory approvals for it to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity...
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MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE: MGI) has completed its recapitalization that was led by affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). Here is a breakdown of how the...
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Major sovereign funds from Singapore and Abu Dhabi have agreed to Boy Scout rules about keeping their investments in the US strictly financial. No political agendas. This is a copy of the new pact....
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The acquisition of 3Com Corp. (NASDAQ: COMS) by Bain Capital and Huawei was already questionable, and then regulatory questions turned into trouble, and now trouble has turned into an outright dead...
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If you have been around the markets for a decade you’ll know the name Frank Quattrone quite well. Quattrone was one of the most influential investment bankers in the 1990’s who also became the...
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Alliance Data (NYSE: ADS) had given Blackstone (NYSE:BX) notice that the private equity firm is no longer negotiating in good faith to complete a buy-out. The charge probably has the benefit of being...
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The US government and authorities in the EU have been up in arms about sovereign funds buying into iconic financial institutions and tech companies. The regulators fear that foreign-backed capital...
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A newly created firm called American Capital Agency Corp. has filed to come public. This is a newly-organized Delaware corporation that was formed to invest exclusively in single-family residential...
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Just a few months ago, sovereign funds could not get enough stock and debt in financial firms like Citigroup (NYSE: C) and Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER). When the time came to bail-out Bear Stearns...
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Sovereign equity funds are huge pools of capital controlled by foreign governments. Most countries have one. Dubai is so rich is has decided it needs two. The country currently has one large fund,...
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Carlyle Capital, part of private equity firm Carlyle Group, cannot reach a deal with its lenders to stay open. It now appears almost certain that those lenders will seize the fund’s assets and sell...
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The Blackstone Group, LP (NYSE: BX) has posted earnings of $0.08 EPS before charges, while First Call had $0.19 as consensus. The private equity giant also posted revenues of $447.5 million,...
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Shares of The Blackstone Group, L.P. (NYSE: BX) have seen their share of pain since coming public in 2007. The private equity giant will report earnings Monday, and this may further set the tone...
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The NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) has made proposed rule changes this week that would allow the listing of Acquisition Companies (ACs) on the NYSE. They are describing special purpose acquisition...
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